Editorial

Michael Weller and W. K. Alfred Yung

Bevacizumab — News from the Fast Lane?
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 647; first published on September 5, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-074 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic and Translational Investigations

Judith M. de Bont, Johan M. Kros, Monique M.C.J. Passier, Roel E. Reddingius, Peter A.E. Sillevis Smitt, Theo M. Luider, Monique L. den Boer, and Rob Pieters

Differential expression and prognostic significance of SOX genes in pediatric medulloblastoma and ependymoma identified by microarray analysis
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 648-660; first published on June 24, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ninib Baryawno, Baldur Sveinbjörnsson, Staffan Eksborg, Abiel Orrego, Lova Segerström, Carl Otto Öqvist, Stefan Holm, Bengt Gustavsson, Bertil Kågedal, Per Kogner, and John Inge Johnsen

Tumor-growth–promoting cyclooxygenase-2 prostaglandin E₂ pathway provides medulloblastoma therapeutic targets
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 661-674; first published on August 20, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee Ridley, Ruman Rahman, Marie-Anne Brundler, David Ellison, James Lowe, Keith Robson, Emma Prebble, Inga Luckett, Richard J. Gilbertson, Sheila Parkes, Vikki Rand, Beth Coyle, Richard G. Grundy the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group Biological Studies Committee

Multifactorial analysis of predictors of outcome in pediatric intracranial ependymoma
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 675-689; first published on August 13, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michal O. Nowicki, Nina Dmitrieva, Andrew M. Stein, Jennifer L. Cutter, Jakub Godlewski, Yoshinaga Saeki, Masayuki Nita, Michael E. Berens, Leonard M. Sander, Herbert B. Newton, E. Antonio Chiocca, and Sean Lawler

Lithium inhibits invasion of glioma cells; possible involvement of glycogen synthase kinase-3
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 690-699; first published on August 20, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingeborg Fischer, Clare H. Cunliffe, Robert J. Bollo, Shahzad Raza, David Monoky, Luis Chiriboga, Erik C. Parker, John G. Golfinos, Patrick J. Kelly, Edmond A. Knopp, Michael L. Gruber, David Zagzag, and Ashwatha Narayana

High-grade glioma before and after treatment with radiation and Avastin: Initial observations
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 700-708; first published on August 12, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preetha Rajaraman, Amy Hutchinson, Nathaniel Rothman, Peter M. Black, Howard A. Fine, Jay S. Loeffler, Robert G. Selker, William R. Shapiro, Martha S. Linet, and Peter D. Inskip

Oxidative response gene polymorphisms and risk of adult brain tumors
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 709-715; first published on August 5, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I-Mei Siu, Renyuan Bai, Gary L. Gallia, Jennifer B. Edwards, Betty M. Tyler, Charles G. Eberhart, and Gregory J. Riggins

Coexpression of neuronatin splice forms promotes medulloblastoma growth
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 716-724; first published on August 13, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations

Yutaka Sawamura, Kyousuke Kamada, Yuuta Kamoshima, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Tajima, Junko Tsubaki, and Takamitsu Fujimaki

Role of surgery for optic pathway/hypothalamic astrocytomas in children
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 725-733; first published on July 8, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingeborg Bosma, Linda Douw, Fabrice Bartolomei, Jan J. Heimans, Bob W. van Dijk, Tjeerd J. Postma, Cornelis J. Stam, Jaap C. Reijneveld, and Martin Klein

Synchronized brain activity and neurocognitive function in patients with low-grade glioma: A magnetoencephalography study
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 734-744; first published on July 23, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sridharan Gururangan, Jeanne Krauser, Melody A. Watral, Tim Driscoll, Nicole Larrier, David A. Reardon, Jeremy N. Rich, Jennifer A. Quinn, James J. Vredenburgh, Annick Desjardins, Roger E. McLendon, Herbert Fuchs, Joanne Kurtzberg, and Henry S. Friedman

Efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy or standard salvage therapy in patients with recurrent medulloblastoma
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 745-751; first published on August 28, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristin A. Bradley, Ian F. Pollack, Joel M. Reid, Peter C. Adamson, Matthew M. Ames, Gilbert Vezina, Susan Blaney, Percy Ivy, Tianni Zhou, Mark Krailo, Gregory Reaman, and Minesh P. Mehta

Motexafin gadolinium and involved field radiation therapy for intrinsic pontine glioma of childhood: A Children's Oncology Group phase I study
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 752-758; first published on August 20, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts

Abstracts for the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 759-915; first published on August 26, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-051 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver Bögler

SOCIETY NEWS
Neuro Oncol 2008; 10(5): 937; first published on August 27, 2008 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2008-065 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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